M&A Deal Summary

Oracle Acquires Responsys

On December 20, 2013, Oracle acquired software company Responsys for 1.5B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Oracle’s 66th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Oracle’s 11th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Oracle’s 83rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Oracle’s 41st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-12-20
Target Responsys
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Oracle
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 1.5B USD

Target

Responsys

San Bruno, California, United States
Responsys, Inc. provides enterprise-scale cloud-based B2C marketing software. Responsys is used by B2C brands to orchestrate marketing interactions across email, mobile, social, display and the web.

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Buyer

Oracle

Austin, Texas, United States
Category Company
Founded 1977
Sector Software
Employees159,000
Revenue 53.0B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Oracle's headquarters in Austin, Texas.
Oracle's headquarters in Austin, Texas.

Oracle provides products and services that address corporate information technology (IT) environments including applications, platforms, and infrastructure. Oracle's products and services are available to customers via cloud computing or on-premises deployment models. Products include database and middleware software, application software, cloud infrastructure software and hardware systems (Oracle Engineered Systems, servers, storage, networking and industry specific products), along with support and related services. Oracle was formed in 1977 and is based in Austin, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 96 of 132
Sector (Software) 66 of 73
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 89 of 124
State (California) 41 of 52
Country (United States) 83 of 114
Year (2013) 8 of 8
Size (of disclosed) 11 of 25
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-12-04 Nirvanix

San Diego, California, United States

Nirvanix is the leading provider of enterprise-class cloud storage services designed specifically for customers with expectations of extreme security, reliability and redundancy. Under its CloudComplete™ portfolio, Nirvanix is the only company that offers fully managed public, hybrid and private cloud storage services with usage-based pricing. The company's battle-hardened, proven second generation technology is utilized by leading IT OEMs and is fully integrated with third-party backup and archiving software products and appliances, enabling One Click to the Cloud™. Nirvanix has global customers accessing its Cloud Storage Network™, from SMBs to Fortune 500 companies.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-01-07 Corente

Bernardsville, New Jersey, United States

Corente's software defined WAN virtualization platform accelerates deployment of distributed and cloud-based applications and services by allowing customers to provision and manage global private networks connecting to any site, over any IP network, in a secure, centralized, and simple manner. Proven deployments at leading enterprises and cloud service providers have dramatically decreased time to deployment of cloud-based applications and services, and increased security and manageability across the enterprise ecosystem.

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